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单词 finical
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Definition of finical in English:

finical

adjective ˈfɪnɪk(ə)lˈfɪnɪkəl
  • another term for finicky
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it is what the elites fancy, as couldn't be clearer than from the squeal of triumph with which the magazine's finical architecture critic announced the organisation's choice.
    • I mean, take that scene in ‘King Lear’ where Kent harangues Oswald as being ‘a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue’.

Derivatives

  • finicality

  • nounfɪnɪˈkalɪti
  • finically

  • adverbˈfɪnɪk(ə)liˈfɪnɪk(ə)li
  • finicalness

  • nounˈfɪnɪk(ə)lnəsˈfɪnɪkəlnəs
    • Newly opened Yongnian Zhaofeng Restaurant serves refined Hangzhou cuisine to cater to Shanghai people, known for their finicalness with food.

Origin

Late 16th century (probably originally university slang): probably from fine1 + -ical, perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens 'accurately, neatly, prettily'.

Rhymes

clinical, cynical, dominical, Jacobinical, pinnacle, rabbinical

Definition of finical in US English:

finical

adjectiveˈfinikəlˈfɪnɪkəl
  • another term for finicky
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it is what the elites fancy, as couldn't be clearer than from the squeal of triumph with which the magazine's finical architecture critic announced the organisation's choice.
    • I mean, take that scene in ‘King Lear’ where Kent harangues Oswald as being ‘a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue’.

Origin

Late 16th century (probably originally university slang): probably from fine + -ical, perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens ‘accurately, neatly, prettily’.

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